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This set of Modern Indian Thought Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Modern Indian Thought Set 9

Q1 | Sreenarayana guru was a
  • Advaitin
  • Dvaitist
  • Visistadvitistd.
  • none of these.
Q2 | Who had death experience at the age of 16?
  • Sreenarayan guru
  • Sreeramanamaharshi
  • Sri Aurobindo
  • Gandhi.
Q3 | ‘Do not ask cask, do not tell caste, and do not think of caste’ is a directive of
  • Sreenarayan guru
  • Gandhi
  • Ramana Maharshi
  • Tagore.
Q4 | Harijan is related with
  • Gandhi
  • Guru
  • Vivekananda
  • chattambiSwamikal
Q5 | Gandhi considered – as a social evil
  • Economic equality
  • vested power
  • Untouchability
  • Dependence.
Q6 | According to Gandhi, Ahimsa and --- are practically impossible to separate
  • Truth
  • Sarvodaya
  • Swaraj
  • Trusteeship
Q7 | “I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence…”whosewords are this?
  • Gandhi
  • Vivekananda
  • Ramanamaharshi.
  • krishnamurthi.
Q8 | Satyagraha is a method of
  • Conversion
  • Coercion
  • Resistance
  • Violence
Q9 | A satyagrahi must be
  • Honest
  • Fearless
  • Disciplined
  • All of these.
Q10 | Which one is not a form of satyagraha?
  • Non-cooperation
  • Fasting
  • Violence
  • Arbitration
Q11 | The word Swaraj has come to mean
  • Own government
  • Foreign government
  • Indirect government
  • All of these.
Q12 | The Swaraj of my dream is poor man’s swaraj’. Who said this?
  • Gandhi
  • swami vivekanada
  • Aurobindo.
  • Ramana maharshi.
Q13 | Aurobindo speaks abouts ---cords of Being
  • 6.
  • 8.
  • 12.
  • 16
Q14 | According to Aurobindo reality is
  • Satchidananda
  • Matter
  • Mind.
  • Supermind
Q15 | Aurobindo describes creation as the plunge of the spirit into
  • Ignorance
  • Knowledge.
  • Bliss
  • None of these.
Q16 | According to Aurobindo creation is the expression of
  • Himsa
  • Joy
  • Mind.
  • None of these
Q17 | Radhakrishnan says “one must begin with a faith in
  • Irreligious experience
  • Religious experience
  • Rational experience
  • Mystic
Q18 | According to Radhakrishnan, salvation can be attained only through ---experience.
  • Religious
  • Mystic
  • Aesthetic
  • None of these.
Q19 | Who practiced meditation at Maruthwamala?
  • ChattambiSwamikal
  • Sree Narayana Guru
  • Ramana Maharshi
  • Sivayogi
Q20 | According to Radhakrishnan, natural and necessary aspect of higher thinkingis
  • Mysticism
  • Sense experience
  • Intellectual cognition
  • None of these.
Q21 | According to Gandhi, ‘enjoy the wealth by renouncing it” is the manthra of
  • Trusteeship
  • Sarvodaya
  • Swaraj
  • none of these
Q22 | Who is related with the word ‘Ezhava Siva’?
  • ChattambiSwamikal
  • Sree Narayana Guru
  • Ramana Maharshi
  • Sivayogi
Q23 | The consecration of Siva Idol at Aruvippuram held in the year
  • 1888
  • 1788
  • 1889
  • 1886
Q24 | All religion conference organised by
  • Vivekananda
  • Sree Narayana Guru
  • Vagbadananda
  • Gandhi
Q25 | The birth place of ChattambiSwamikal was
  • Calicut
  • Kollur
  • Sivagiri
  • Aluva